How Both Parties Lost the Texas Senate Race

The Atlantic - 2018-11-08 14:20:31

In the race between Ted Cruz and Beto O’Rourke, Republicans failed to recognize the ways in which the state is changing, while Democrats didn’t take seriously just how far it still has to go.Elaina Plott9:20 AM ET...

Discussion

Realistically, I look at the totals in all the statewide races, and I’m not sure Beto wins even if he had run a more centrist campaign. Sure seems to me like the floor for a Republican statewide is still like 50.5%.

Brian Rosenwald

2018-11-08 19:07:00

It was Beto's message that DROVE that turnout. Blunting the message would have reduced the turnout by an amount far in excess of any supposed swing voters he might have picked up. Bad take.

Philip Kingston

2018-11-08 18:19:00

I agree they came out for how progressive he was. The better, and unasked, question is how do we feel about the massive amount of out of state money donated to support a candidate representing a single state?